Question about Wet Spots

[CandleCouture]

For purposes of glass adhesion and avoiding wet spots, is it better to pour as hot as possible, or as cool as possible? I use Greenleaf's 70/30 blend, and pre-heat my jars. I also put all poured jars into the oven, overnight, to cool (obviously turned off, however, for purposes of temperature control).

[Beth-VT]

General concensus seems to be that slightly warmed jars works best. However, in the end, none of it (even the slow cooling in the oven) matters a rats ass cuz if wet spots are going to appear, they will appear, period. Once the candle leaves your temperature controlled environment all bets are off.

Wet spots are nothing more than shrinkage. If the wax still has room to shrink when subjected to varying temps, it's going to happen no matter what you do during the pouring process.

So, embrace them, love them, welcome them.

[mizbizzyb]

Learn to love them...your customers do! lol

[AngelaVA]

General concensus seems to be that slightly warmed jars works best. However, in the end, none of it (even the slow cooling in the oven) matters a rats ass cuz if wet spots are going to appear, they will appear, period. Once the candle leaves your temperature controlled environment all bets are off.

Wet spots are nothing more than shrinkage. If the wax still has room to shrink when subjected to varying temps, it's going to happen no matter what you do during the pouring process.

So, embrace them, love them, welcome them.

Exactly. They may look perfect inside the oven, but once they get out into the real world, the wetspots cannot be controlled. To answer your question though, I heat my jars until they are slightly warm, but not hot.

[grandmaskitchen]

I heat my jars prior to pouring and then cover the jars with a box until they set up. But, I have to agree with everyone else. They may look great at the time, but the wetspots will come back no matter what you do to make them go away.

I poured some once, they looked great; no wetspots or shrinkage but after they set in my craft cabinet for a couple of weeks, the wetspots were there.

Most people will not care about them; they only care how great they smell and how well they burn.

[Breanna]

I have always been told to Embrace your wetspots because you WILL get them. If you go to a store and look at even the highest priced candles, they get wetspots too,,HTH;)